Beyond the Turing Test

The main factor of intelligence is defined as the ability to comprehend, formalising this ability with the help of new constructs based on descriptional complexity. The result is a comprehension test, or C-test, which is exclusively defined in computational terms. Due to its absolute and non-anthropomorphic character, it is equally applicable to both humans and non-humans. Moreover, it correlates with classical psychometric tests, thus establishing the first firm connection between information theoretical notions and traditional IQ tests. The Turing Test is compared with the C-test and the combination of the two is questioned. In consequence, the idea of using the Turing Test as a practical test of intelligence should be surpassed, and substituted by computational and factorial tests of different cognitive abilities, a much more useful approach for artificial intelligence progress and for many other intriguing questions that present themselves beyond the Turing Test.